European Communities - Fourteenth Report

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 17 February 1998.

CONTENTS

	Paragraph
PART 1 INTRODUCTION	1
PART 2 BACKGROUND	8
(a) The European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters	8
(b) The Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990	10
(c) History and outline of proposal	12
(d) Draft Convention on Mutual Assistance and Co-operation between Customs Administrations (Naples II)	15
PART 3 - ANALYSIS OF CONVENTION - VIEWS OF WITNESSES	18
Relationship with work of the Council of Europe	19
The Scope of the Convention	21
Search and seizure	24
Interception of terrestrial and satellite telecommunications	26
A preliminary point-the FBI plan	29
Surveillance-specific safeguards	31
Controlled deliveries	36
Temporary transfer of persons held in custody	39
Covert investigations	42
Data protection	44
Role of the Court of Justice	47
PART 4 OPINION	50
The role of the European Union	50
Improving co-operation, not harmonisation, the principal objective	52
Administrative offences	53
Search and seizure	54
Interception of telecommunications	55
Controlled deliveries	63
Transfer of prisoners	64
Covert investigations	65
Data protection	66
European Court of Justice	68
A review mechanism	70
Recommendation	72

Appendix 1-Membership of the Sub-Committee

Appendix 2-List of Witnesses

Appendix 3-Convention Drawn up on the Basis of Article K3 of the Treaty on European Union

(Articles 1 - 10)
(Articles 11 - 20)

Appendix 4-Communication between the Home Office and the Chairman of the European Communities Select Committee

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE HOME OFFICE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES SELECT COMMITTEE


DRAFT CONVENTION TEXT OF 14 NOVEMBER 1997


INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: EXPLANATORY NOTE


INTERCEPTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS


CONTINUED INTERCEPTION OF MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT


NOTE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONVENTION ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE SCHENGEN ACQUIS

Appendix 5-Draft Convention on Mutual Assistance and Co-operation between Customs Administrations (Naples II)

DRAFT CONVENTION ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS (NAPLES II)


EXPLANATORY NOTE ON WORK CARRIED OUT UNDER TITLE VI (JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS) OF THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION


SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY NOTE


CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT CONVENTION ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES (NAPLES II)

TITLE III

CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2

Convention Drawn up on the Basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on Mutual Assistance and Co-operation between Customs Administrations


TITLE I
TITLE II
TITLE III
TITLE IV
TITLE V
TITLE VI
TITLE VII

NOTE: Pages of the Report are numbered in bold type; pages of evidence are numbered in ordinary type. References in the text of the Report are as follows:

(Q) refers to a question in oral evidence;
(p) refers to a page of written evidence

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